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沉

沉

See also: 沈 and 瀋

Translingual

Han character

沉 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水月竹弓 (EBHN) or 水月竹山 (EBHU), four-corner 37110, composition ⿰氵冗)

References

  • KangXi: page 610, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17190
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1003, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1574, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+6C89

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 沉
alt. forms 沈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (冘) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冘 *lu, *lum
抌 *lu, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *loʔ
狖 *lus
貁 *lus
耽 *ʔl'uːm
眈 *ʔl'uːm, *ʔl'uːmʔ, *l'uːm
酖 *ʔl'uːm
妉 *ʔl'uːm
黕 *ʔl'uːmʔ
衴 *ʔl'uːmʔ
瓭 *ʔl'uːmʔ
馾 *ʔl'uːms
髧 *l'uːmʔ
紞 *ʔl'oːmʔ
鈂 *zlum, *l'um
沈 *l'um, *l'ums, *hljumʔ
沉 *l'um
枕 *l'um, *ʔljumʔ, *ʔljums
莐 *l'um
霃 *l'um
鴆 *l'ums
訦 *ɦljum, *ɦljumʔ
忱 *ɦljum
邥 *hljumʔ
魫 *hljumʔ

Originally the same character as 沈 (OC *l'um, *l'ums, *hljumʔ).

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 沉
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰən²⁴/ ～重
/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵³/ ～底
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴⁵/
/t͡sʰən⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /tʃʰə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴²/
Xi'an /ʈ͡ʂʰẽ²⁴/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n⁵³/
Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰən²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰən³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰen²¹/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰə̃³¹/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰən²⁴/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zəŋ²³/
Suzhou /zən¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zen²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰian⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂən¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zən¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɨn²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰəm¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʃʰem¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐm²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /tim³⁵/
/tiam³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /tʰɛiŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /teiŋ³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /tim⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /sim³¹/
/hiam³¹/
Rime
Character 沉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 侵 (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 直深切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɖˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȡiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖjim/
Li
Rong		 /ȡjəm/
Wang
Li		 /ȡĭĕm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȡʱi̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chén
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 沉
Reading # 1/1
No. 15256
Phonetic
component		 冘
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 3
Corresponding
MC rime		 沈
Old
Chinese		 /*l'um/
Notes 俗沈字見易林漢碑

Definitions

沉

  1. to sink; to submerge (into water)
  2. to fall; to sink; to subside
  3. to settle; to make sink
  4. to suppress; to stifle; to neglect
  5. to be neglected
  6. to indulge in; to be given to
  7. to hide; to be hidden
  8. heavy; weighty
  9. dark; gloomy
  10. deep; profound
  11. long (duration); prolonged; lengthy
  12. deeply; profoundly

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

沉

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

沉 • ‎(chim, sim) (hangeul 침, 심, revised chim, sim, McCune-Reischauer ch'im, sim, Yale chim, sim)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沉 (tròm, chằm, chìm, đắm, đẫm, ngằm, ngầm, trằm, trầm, đẵm)

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